by - March 27, 2017 7:46 pm
Eight Arkansas death-row inmates scheduled to be put to death over a 10-day period in April filed a federal lawsuit Monday (March 27) asking the court for an expedited hearing…
by - May 31, 2016 6:18 pm
Editor’s note: Justin Allen is a partner with the Little Rock-based law firm of Wright Lindsey Jennings. He leads the firm’s governmental relations group. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted…
by - December 3, 2015 3:35 pm
The Department of Correction must produce the names of the manufacturers of drugs used in executions by noon Friday after Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen ruled Thursday (Dec. 3)…
by - October 20, 2015 5:15 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday (Oct. 20) agreed with Arkansas officials that a lower court was wrong to halt executions, but upheld a stay of executions pending the outcome…
by - October 13, 2015 8:12 pm
The state is appealing to the Arkansas Supreme Court a decision by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffin staying the executions of eight death row inmates whose appeals have been…
by - October 12, 2015 4:47 pm
The Arkansas Department of Correction must identify the manufacturer, seller, distributor and supplier of all lethal injection drugs used in executions by Oct. 21 or otherwise object to the disclosure,…
by - September 1, 2015 4:43 pm
The execution dates for eight men who are on Arkansas’ death row is one step closer to happening. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge sent a letter to Gov. Asa Hutchinson,…
by - June 29, 2015 2:49 pm
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court ventured far into the debate about the overall legality of the death penalty in a Monday (June 29) ruling that Oklahoma could continue with…
